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A man understood to be a Muslim convert was heard threatening to kill
non-Muslims hours before he allegedly went on a knife-wielding rampage that
ended with him being shot with a Taser, neighbours said yesterday.

Crowds of people were forced to flee the man — who allegedly smashed the
window of a house and assaulted a police officer in Battersea, southeast
London.

Neighbours said that the suspect had been heard reciting verses from the Koran
before making threats “to kill kuffars [Arabic for non-Muslims]” and yelling
he was going to Medina — the burial place of the Prophet.